Safety-holder



A. W'. DALHAUS.

. SAFETY HOLDER. 7 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1920.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

UNITED STATES ADOLF W. DALHAUS, 0F QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed June 5, 1920. Serial No. 386,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. W. DALHAUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a safety device for holdingpapers, purses and the like, the principal object of the invention beingto provide a pair of gripping jaws for holding the article, withadditional means for gripping the article if the same should be pulledupon in an attempt to remove it from between the jaws.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the devicemay be secured to an article of clothing by sewing or by a safety pin.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. l is a view of the blank from which one of the members is formedand showing the tongue secured thereto.

In these views, 1 indicates one of the jaw members and 2 indicates theother jaw member. Each member is formed of a plate, stamped in the formshown in Fig. 4, and provided with a pair of ears 3 which are bent overand perforated to receive the hinge pin 4:, so that the two members arehingedly connected together. The front ends of the two plates arecorrugated to provide teeth and these teeth are bent at right angles sothat they will co-act with each other. A spring 5 is placed on the pinat, with its ends pressing against the plates to keep the teeth inengagement. So far the device is similar to gripping devices now on themarket, but in order to prevent an article held between the jaws frombeing pulled therefrom I provide a tongue 6, of substantially V-shape,which is hinged to the member 2 by the pin 7, the tongue having its wideend rolled to form a bearing for the pin and the ends of the pin passingthrough slots 8 in the member 2 and soldered to the said member. Thewide end of the tongue is nearest the teeth of the jaws so that thepoint extends toward the hinge of the members and said tongue is made ofspring material and is slightly curved so as to engage and press uponthe article being gripped between the jaw members. Thus if a personshould attempt to withdraw the article from between the aw members,without opening said members, the tongue would pierce the article andthus prevent its withdrawal. The

only way the article can be removed from between the jaw members is toopen the said members so as to remove the pressure of the tongue from01% the article and thus permit it to be removed from between the' jawmemers.

1 form ears 9 on the sides of the member 2 and perforate these cars sothat the device may be fastened to the clothing by sewing or the like,or said ears may be turned at right angles to receive a safety pin andthe device secured in place by this pin.

. The part of the plate 2 between the slots 8 may be pressed outwardlyto provide space for the rolled end of the tongue.

It will thus be seen that l have provided a simple and effective devicewhich will act to prevent articles from being detached from the holderwithout separating the jaw members.

It is thought from the foregoing descriptiorr that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. A device of the class described, comprising apair of gripping jaws pivotally connected together and a tongue on onemember extending toward the pivotal point for preventing the withdrawalof the article held by the jaws while the jaws are in closed position.

2. A device of the class described, com prising a pair of gripping jawseach made from a plate of metal provided with ears having perforationstherein, a hinge pin 5' engaging said perforations, a spring on said pinion holding the gripping parts of the jaws together, a pointed tonguehinged'to one plate and pressing against the other plate and extendingtoward the pivotal point and ears formed on one plate for re- 10 oeivingthe fastening means.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

ADOLF w. DALHAUS.

